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America's Cup - Oracle Team USA - Tech Tuesday - designed to fly!

by Sail-World.com on 4 Mar 2016
- Oracle Team USA - flying in Bermuda February 2016 Sam Greenfield/Oracle Team USA http://www.oracleteamusa.com
Latest in the Oracle Team USA Tech Tuesday series. This week the team's design group explain how all the components combine to generate the lift and get the 50ft wingsailed catamarans flying at speeds of up to twice the true windspeed.

How does a catamaran that weighs approximately 2.5 tons lift out of the water and foil while it’s under sail . . . oh, and without sliding sideways from the force of the wing?

Find out from Steven Robert of Oracle Team USA about the important design elements of 'Oracle 17' that help make this possible in the Oracle Team USA latest #?TechTuesday feature by Javier Salinas / Oracle Team USA.

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Showing off her foiling package - Oracle Team USA - Bermuda February 2016 © Sam Greenfield/Oracle Team USA http://www.oracleteamusa.com
Showing off her foiling package - Oracle Team USA - Bermuda February 2016 © Sam Greenfield/Oracle Team USA http://www.oracleteamusa.com

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